The International Congress on Russia and Spain: Politics, Economics, Culture was the first to bring together leading Russian researchers on Spain and Spanish scholars representing various fields of the social sciences and humanities.

On June 30 – July 7, 2016 the VI International Russian-Chinese Summer School 'The Role of Institutions in a New Architecture of Global Governance' will take place. The event is organised by HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs (Moscow) and East China Normal University (Shanghai).

Andrej Krickovic and Yuval Weber published a post on the blog "Order from Chaos" (The Brookings Institution). They argue that due to commitment problems and domestic political constraints, the United States and Russia will not be able to reach a sort of grand bargain to settle their differences. A new Cold War, they contend, is likely coming.

Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Research Director of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (SVOP) and Deputy Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, writes about global aspects of the new Russia-U.S. confrontation in "Russia in Global Affairs".